Good Freud quote, Glen. On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:57 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok. Well said. I am sending Cranky Nick to the medicine cabinet right > now. Give a few hours for the medication to take. > > Nick > > Nicholas Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > Clark University > [email protected] > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ? > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2020 12:53 PM > To: FriAM <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] All models are wrong - modeling Covid-19 > > Well, my guess is that Feynman would admit that everything has context, > including both an original utterance and subsequent repetitions of all or > part of that utterance. [†] And it's also important to note that ALL pithy > aphorisms are abominations because they all deny the context. We see this > most clearly in "pseudo-profound bullshit": http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/ > > And, as Marcus points out with "complexity club", we see it right here in > this forum. So, when we read something like that, it's more important to > try to understand, e.g., what _Steve_ meant in his use of the aphorism, > rather than asserting that he's a member of a cult ... which he probably > is, but since I'm a member of the Church of Set, the Satanic Temple, a > Discordian Episkopos, and a member/owner of a brewing cooperative, his cult > membership is not the point. > > [†] One of the lessons of postmodernism is that one can read a text > without reading *through* the text. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. > > On 4/16/20 11:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > I think the repetition of the Feynman Quote, which is just misguided, > and which I hear all the time, and which I cannot believe Feynman would not > have repudiated if he were set down with a good philosopher, is Cultish. > > -- > ☣ uǝlƃ > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Frank Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918
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